Institute For Islamic Careers in Towson, MD

Founded in 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland, by an interfaith group of clergy and lay leaders, the ICJS emerged out of the conviction that centuries of religious ignorance, fear, and hostility could be disarmed through deliberate, interfaith study and conversation. The ICJS is one of the few free-standing interfaith organizations in the country unaffiliated with a university or specific religious denomination. Since our founding, the ICJS has developed and offered over eighty-five distinctive educational programs for clergy, religious educators, college students, business and community leaders, and the general public. These programs explore, among other topics, the roots of intolerance and violence within our religious traditions and develop the educational resources to neutralize these dangerous habits. In addition to confronting the anti-Semitic dispositions enshrined within the Christian community, the ICJS has increasingly directed its attention to the larger context of religious pluralism, including the complex challenges of Islam.